Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins

Former Representative from California’s 29^th District

Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1975-1990	Representative	California's 29^th District
1963-1974	Representative	California's 21^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Hawkins sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Hawkins is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Jan 1963 to Oct 1990, Hawkins missed 1,983 of 11,783 roll call votes, which is 16.8%. This is worse than the median of 4.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	4	14.3%	85^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	14	26.4%	95^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	14	14.3%	87^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	4	18.2%	82^nd
1966 Jan-Mar	30	6	20.0%	90^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	12	23.5%	78^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	26	36.1%	95^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	20	51.3%	80^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	65^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	65^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	97	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	3	3.8%	85^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	4	4.4%	75^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	5	20.0%	81^st
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	76^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	6	21.4%	85^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	13	28.9%	95^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	12	13.6%	69^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	12	34.3%	90^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	31	41.9%	89^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	22	28.9%	84^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	14	17.3%	66^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	54^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	21	23.3%	88^th
1971 Jul-Sep	73	16	21.9%	88^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	44	33.1%	91^st
1972 Jan-Mar	64	28	43.8%	93^rd
1972 Apr-Jun	114	45	39.5%	91^st
1972 Jul-Sep	101	21	20.8%	83^rd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	20	40.0%	89^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	6	16.7%	73^rd
1973 Apr-Jun	189	44	23.3%	93^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	130	22	16.9%	89^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	24	13.3%	79^th
1974 Jan-Mar	78	11	14.1%	74^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	66	38.8%	98^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	49	33.1%	97^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	47	33.3%	96^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	18	26.5%	97^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	31	15.6%	92^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	146	13	8.9%	65^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	16	8.4%	74^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	14	13.2%	81^st
1976 Apr-Jun	267	47	17.6%	85^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	61	21.8%	90^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	3	42.9%	85^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	24	24.0%	96^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	59	21.6%	97^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	14	7.1%	62^nd
1977 Oct-Dec	134	13	9.7%	73^rd
1978 Jan-Mar	150	10	6.7%	48^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	33	11.0%	69^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	44	14.3%	77^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	10	13.3%	82^nd
1979 Jan-Mar	63	20	31.7%	94^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	36	16.4%	90^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	6	3.0%	27^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	23	12.1%	69^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	28	18.9%	85^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	42	21.3%	94^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	35	18.2%	89^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	5	7.5%	46^th
1981 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	14	15.7%	85^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	7	6.6%	65^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	7	4.9%	44^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	8	16.7%	76^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	19	16.0%	91^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	16	8.3%	65^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	17	17.2%	80^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	4	9.3%	63^rd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	28	15.4%	89^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	18	13.8%	95^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	33	23.1%	96^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	8	15.1%	83^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	60	26.9%	98^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	13	13.5%	85^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	58^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	77^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	33	21.4%	98^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	13	12.9%	90^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	15	10.1%	88^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	28^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	16	12.5%	93^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	196	18	9.2%	83^rd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	3	5.0%	56^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	3	7.7%	71^st
1987 Apr-Jun	187	8	4.3%	50^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	18	18.9%	96^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	23	13.8%	90^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	1	2.0%	27^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	26	16.1%	95^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	18	11.8%	85^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	9	10.1%	80^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	10	9.5%	86^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	9	7.0%	84^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	28	23.1%	97^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	86^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	53	35.3%	99^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	54	29.5%	97^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	58	40.6%	98^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] leaves office as Representative for California's 29th congressional district

Oct 28, 1990

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] takes office as Representative for California's 29th congressional district

Jan 14, 1975

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] leaves office as Representative for California's 21st congressional district

Dec 20, 1974

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] takes office as Representative for California's 21st congressional district

Jan 9, 1963